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New song and video pay tribute to Carlo Acutis and the Eucharist

March 30, 2025 Kathy Schiffer 9

On April 27th, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of Teenagers, Pope Francis will canonize Blessed Carlo Acutis. Carlo, who died of leukemia in 2005, was a computer geek who loved video games. More than that, though, […]

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Listen to the musicians performing at the National Eucharistic Congress

July 17, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Matt Maher performs at SiriusXM Studios on Nov. 1, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. / Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for SiriusXM

CNA Staff, Jul 17, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
More than 50,000 people will gather in Indianapolis this week for the Na… […]

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Jerusalem’s Magnificat Institute: ‘Every day we witness a small but significant miracle’ 

June 26, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

A group of cello students from the Magnificat Institute of Jerusalem performs on May 30, 2024. Today, the Magnificat Institute welcomes over 200 students each year (as young as 5 years old) and relies on the collaboration of 25 teachers. It has … […]

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Is there a satanic element in rock music? An expert explains

June 21, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

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ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 21, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Claudia Caneva, an Italian professor at the Roma Tre University, gave a presentation recently on “Music and Satanism” in the course “Exorcism and Deliveran… […]

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Rediscover ‘original beauty’ of Christmas music with Scythian’s new ‘Christmas Out at Sea’

December 20, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Appalachian folk band Scythian. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Scythian

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 20, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Scythian, an Irish folk band headlined by two Catholic brothers, wants to help you “rediscover the original beauty” o… […]

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Hard-living Irish musician Shane MacGowan received last rites before he died, family says 

December 1, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Shane MacGowan on June 16, 2016, in London, England / Credit: Dave Benett/Getty Images

CNA Newsroom, Dec 1, 2023 / 14:15 pm (CNA).
Irish songwriter and former Pogues lead singer Shane MacGowan received last rites before he died Thursday, his fa… […]

The Dispatch

The life and music of St. Hildegard von Bingen, Doctor of the Church

September 16, 2023 Paul Senz 14

The life of this mystic, composer, and saint was in many ways as tumultuous as the era in which she lived. […]

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Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention kicks off with Ukrainian brothers’ concert

August 2, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Scythian rocked a completely packed house full of over 2,000 Knights of Columbus and their families July 31, 2023, kicking off the Knights’ 141st Supreme Convention in Orlando, Florida. / Photo courtesy of the Knights of Columbus

Orlando, Fla.,… […]

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Group of priests start band to raise money to send youth to World Youth Day 2023

July 16, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

Members of "Priests in Concert" perform to raise money for youth to attend World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. / Photo courtesy of Priests in Concert

Denver, Colo., Jul 16, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).
A group of priests who met in se… […]

The Dispatch

Extra, extra! News and views for November 23, 2022

November 23, 2022 CWR Staff 8

Record Turkey Prices – “Thanksgiving dinner will cost 20% more this year compared to last year.” Thanksgiving Necessary for National Renewal (The Association of Mature American Citizens) Latin Mass Revival – An ancient form of […]

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The following address was given by David J. Theroux, founder and president of The Independent Institute and the C.S. Lewis Society of California, at the first annual conference of Christians for Liberty, that was held […]

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